Q42 · UPSC Prelims 2016 · Set A · Current Affairs and GK

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Consider the following statements: The India-Africa Summit1.held in 2015 was the third such Summit2.was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A 1 only
B 2 only
C Both 1 and 2
D Neither 1 nor 2

Correct answer: (a) 1 only

Explanation

  1. A

    1 only

    Statement 1 only. The 2015 India–Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi was the third IAFS (after 2008 in India and 2011 in Addis Ababa). Nehru did not launch this summit series in 1951. That stored letter is the official key.

  2. B

    2 only

    Statement 2 only. IAFS is a twenty-first-century forum, not a 1951 Nehru initiative (Bandung was 1955; IAFS began 2008). 2 is false.

  3. C

    Both 1 and 2

    Both. Statement 2 fails, so both cannot be the key.

  4. D

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Neither. The 2015 meeting really was the third summit, so ‘neither’ is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. IAFS-III was 2015 in New Delhi; the series started in 2008, not under Nehru in 1951. Honour the stored letter (a).